Mammals > Bovidae
The Himalayan Goral (Naemorhedus goral) is an agile goat-antelope exquisitely specialized for life on the near-vertical cliff faces and rocky precipices of the Himalayan mountain chain. Belonging to the subfamily Caprinae, this sure-footed rupicolous herbivore...
Amphibians > Salamanders
The Striped Newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus) is a small, specialized salamander native exclusively to the fire-maintained longleaf pine sandhills and ephemeral depression wetlands of southern Georgia and Florida. Demonstrating an extraordinary multi-phasic life cycle,...
Fish > Lophiiformes
The Psychedelic Frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica) is universally regarded as one of the most astonishing marine discoveries of the twenty-first century. First formally described in 2009 from specimens discovered in Ambon Bay, Indonesia, this member of the...
Birds > Otidiformes
The Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) is widely celebrated as the heaviest extant animal capable of powered flight. Towering over the semi-arid grasslands and thornveld savannas of eastern and southern Africa, this stately ground-dwelling bird combines imposing physical...
Plants > Aizoaceae
The Window Living Stone (Lithops optica) is one of the most remarkable botanical masters of camouflage in the plant kingdom. Endemic strictly to the hyper-arid coastal fog belt of the southern Namib Desert surrounding Lüderitz in Namibia, this dwarf succulent mimics...
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